WETS Station : FAIRFIELD, ND2809 Creation Date: 09/09/2002 Latitude: 4711 Longitude: 10313 Elevation: 2750 State FIPS/County(FIPS): 38007 County Name: Billings Start yr. - 1971 End yr. - 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Temperature | Precipitation | | (Degrees F.) | (Inches) | |-----------------------|--------------------------------------| | | | | | 30% chance |avg | | | | | | | will have |# of| avg | |-------|-------|-------| |-----------------|days| total| Month | avg | avg | avg | avg | less | more |w/.1| snow | | daily | daily | | | than | than | or| fall | | max | min | | | | |more| | -------------------------------------------------------------------------| January | 21.9 | 2.7 | 12.3 | 0.31 | 0.15 | 0.37 | 0 | 5.3 | February | 29.0 | 9.4 | 19.2 | 0.33 | 0.12 | 0.40 | 1 | 5.0 | March | 39.0 | 18.5 | 28.8 | 0.56 | 0.29 | 0.68 | 2 | 4.9 | April | 53.9 | 29.8 | 41.8 | 1.39 | 0.50 | 1.70 | 3 | 4.0 | May | 66.2 | 41.3 | 53.8 | 2.04 | 1.09 | 2.50 | 5 | 0.7 | June | 75.0 | 50.2 | 62.6 | 2.95 | 2.04 | 3.51 | 5 | 0.0 | July | 81.7 | 55.3 | 68.5 | 2.15 | 1.17 | 2.62 | 4 | 0.0 | August | 81.5 | 53.9 | 67.7 | 1.62 | 0.85 | 1.98 | 3 | 0.0 | September | 69.0 | 43.4 | 56.2 | 1.54 | 0.66 | 1.87 | 3 | 0.3 | October | 56.2 | 32.3 | 44.3 | 1.18 | 0.48 | 1.44 | 2 | 1.7 | November | 36.9 | 18.2 | 27.5 | 0.50 | 0.25 | 0.61 | 2 | 5.2 | December | 25.7 | 6.3 | 16.0 | 0.31 | 0.13 | 0.39 | 1 | 4.3 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Annual | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ | 12.48 | 16.23 | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Average | 53.0 | 30.1 | 41.6 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Total | ----- | ----- | ----- | 14.87 | ------ | ------ | 31 | 31.6 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------| GROWING SEASON DATES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Temperature ---------------------|----------------------------------------------------- Probability | 24 F or higher | 28 F or higher | 32 F or higher | ---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- | Beginning and Ending Dates | Growing Season Length | 50 percent * | 4/22 to 10/ 8 | 5/ 3 to 10/ 2 | 5/14 to 9/22 | 169 days | 151 days | 131 days | | | 70 percent * | 4/17 to 10/14 | 4/29 to 10/ 6 | 5/10 to 9/27 | 180 days | 160 days | 140 days | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning and Ending dates. total 1948-2002 prcp Station : ND2809, FAIRFIELD ------- Unit = inches yr jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec annl ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 48 3.92 0.72 0.00 0.60 1.28 0.55 7.07 49 0.89 M0.33 0.66 0.00 2.04 M1.60 2.96 1.28 0.57 M0.87 0.05 0.10 11.35 50 0.66 M0.26 0.82 M1.46 1.19 5.05 1.40 5.73 3.15 0.86 0.31 0.27 21.16 51M0.34 0.74 0.19 1.16 1.52 2.64 1.98 3.31 2.56 1.36 0.29 M0.41 16.50 52 0.24 0.40 0.28 0.00 0.68 1.79 2.24 3.08 0.86 0.07 M0.26 0.00 9.90 53 0.24 0.18 0.51 3.46 4.73 3.81 0.49 2.06 1.21 2.02 0.12 0.21 19.04 54 0.22 0.61 0.88 0.34 0.84 4.16 1.54 4.83 2.96 0.41 0.14 0.09 17.02 55 0.32 0.47 0.06 1.97 2.51 1.41 1.18 0.69 0.72 0.35 0.36 0.10 10.14 56 0.09 0.05 0.53 0.07 M2.12 0.77 3.27 1.14 0.40 0.19 0.39 0.22 9.24 57 0.50 0.01 0.73 M2.08 1.89 5.81 1.86 1.77 1.73 1.34 1.01 0.07 18.80 58 0.15 0.80 0.21 0.70 0.05 3.61 3.94 0.48 0.03 0.80 1.51 0.11 12.39 59 0.36 1.02 0.25 0.24 1.54 3.30 0.97 1.29 4.76 0.64 0.82 0.15 15.34 60 0.47 0.17 0.37 0.13 2.72 4.41 0.36 2.69 0.14 0.04 0.39 0.31 12.20 61 0.03 0.79 0.42 2.12 0.97 2.05 3.54 0.73 2.26 0.00 0.07 0.23 13.21 62 0.49 0.19 0.87 1.21 4.59 3.66 2.71 2.08 0.89 1.12 0.25 0.26 18.32 63 0.58 0.67 1.66 3.13 1.75 8.37 1.60 1.46 1.14 0.00 0.02 0.21 20.59 64 0.18 0.12 0.25 1.45 2.63 4.18 3.89 3.32 0.69 0.20 1.65 0.34 18.90 65 0.28 0.22 0.47 1.66 5.52 3.54 5.81 1.50 2.37 0.00 0.48 0.09 21.94 66 0.13 0.24 0.85 0.69 2.57 3.32 3.31 1.97 0.82 0.27 0.38 0.17 14.72 67 1.03 0.36 0.14 3.25 2.99 3.07 0.57 0.54 2.49 0.58 0.39 0.33 15.74 68 0.28 0.09 0.13 0.86 1.70 3.58 2.27 5.90 0.85 0.97 0.29 1.25 18.17 69 0.40 0.30 0.13 0.51 1.40 6.48 3.05 0.83 0.26 1.19 0.10 0.37 15.02 70 0.41 0.00 0.56 3.81 4.94 5.23 2.72 0.66 1.96 1.39 0.79 0.05 22.52 71 0.56 0.15 0.85 2.37 1.28 4.10 0.46 0.40 5.50 3.30 0.60 0.60 20.17 72 0.59 0.80 0.69 1.07 4.32 3.23 1.95 2.47 0.69 0.91 0.25 0.82 17.79 73 0.13 0.39 0.47 2.07 1.72 3.31 0.58 0.60 2.86 0.17 0.27 0.35 12.92 74 0.13 0.05 0.29 1.23 5.20 0.90 2.29 1.22 0.21 0.83 0.41 M0.05 12.81 75 0.07 0.15 1.37 3.17 2.06 3.73 0.69 0.79 1.37 1.03 0.40 0.31 15.14 76 0.48 0.03 0.27 1.72 1.66 3.44 0.45 1.52 0.47 0.38 0.15 M0.46 11.03 77M0.42 M0.39 0.40 0.04 3.28 2.82 1.40 1.08 3.42 0.62 0.68 0.91 15.46 78M0.11 M0.68 0.17 M0.90 5.25 4.11 2.37 1.89 3.87 0.44 0.85 M0.24 20.88 79 0.05 0.36 M0.16 1.32 0.85 0.97 1.68 1.19 0.61 0.36 0.09 0.02 7.66 80 0.66 M0.22 0.24 0.02 0.07 6.31 0.63 3.71 1.05 2.27 0.30 0.43 15.91 81 0.07 0.01 0.03 1.19 0.68 2.42 2.05 3.70 0.45 0.30 0.27 0.41 11.58 82 0.88 0.14 1.18 1.05 2.91 M3.21 2.12 M1.94 1.62 4.29 0.26 0.29 19.89 83 0.22 0.06 0.63 0.07 1.76 1.87 2.12 2.32 1.02 0.41 0.73 0.24 11.45 84 0.27 0.23 0.40 4.32 0.16 3.90 0.50 1.30 0.73 M0.58 0.11 0.21 12.71 85 0.03 0.03 0.72 1.21 2.02 1.13 1.05 1.11 M1.57 1.56 0.64 0.94 12.01 86 0.27 0.52 0.25 2.73 3.58 3.01 2.53 0.44 5.63 0.45 1.44 0.02 20.87 87 0.10 0.29 1.08 0.10 1.88 1.26 5.15 1.92 0.55 0.16 0.15 0.02 12.66 88 0.63 0.30 0.74 0.00 1.64 1.79 0.85 0.15 0.81 0.13 0.28 0.60 7.92 89 0.77 0.49 1.04 3.68 1.85 2.10 M0.57 1.70 0.20 1.43 0.54 0.17 14.54 90 0.10 0.08 0.24 1.02 2.21 4.69 1.27 0.27 M0.05 0.89 0.02 M0.19 11.03 91M0.23 0.18 0.30 1.47 2.14 4.45 1.68 1.15 2.78 0.68 0.47 0.00 15.53 92M0.25 0.10 0.80 1.00 M1.01 1.75 2.50 2.46 1.02 0.29 0.82 0.08 12.08 93 0.17 0.28 0.15 M1.85 1.12 3.21 6.82 1.19 0.27 0.58 M0.28 0.59 16.51 94 0.33 M0.00 0.25 1.56 1.00 6.12 0.97 0.19 0.67 3.47 0.40 0.15 15.11 95 0.27 0.07 1.22 M1.33 M2.83 1.41 3.64 3.24 0.40 M1.19 0.55 M0.13 16.28 96 0.21 M0.41 1.20 1.01 M3.05 3.13 1.97 M1.34 2.51 M0.22 0.57 0.14 15.76 97M0.18 0.34 M0.86 M3.08 0.59 M2.32 M7.06 0.86 0.64 M0.64 M0.29 M0.07 16.93 98M0.03 M2.03 0.22 0.28 1.13 4.74 1.82 3.72 0.35 4.44 0.55 M0.15 19.46 99 0.60 0.41 M0.43 M0.32 M3.21 M1.28 4.18 4.09 2.47 M0.55 0.30 0.25 18.09 0M0.38 0.57 M0.07 M0.86 0.86 1.69 1.61 0.65 0.83 2.32 2.27 0.32 12.43 1M0.25 0.08 0.30 M2.16 0.94 6.80 M2.43 0.02 1.50 0.22 M0.05 0.37 15.12 2 ---------- WETS Station : MEDORA, ND5813 Latitude: 4655 Longitude: 10331 Elevation: 2290 State FIPS/County(FIPS): 38007 County Name: Billings Start yr. - 1971 End yr. - 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Temperature | Precipitation | | (Degrees F.) | (Inches) | |-----------------------|--------------------------------------| | | | | | 30% chance |avg | | | | | | | will have |# of| avg | |-------|-------|-------| |-----------------|days| total| Month | avg | avg | avg | avg | less | more |w/.1| snow | | daily | daily | | | than | than | or| fall | | max | min | | | | |more| | -------------------------------------------------------------------------| January | 28.4 | 4.1 | 16.2 | 0.35 | 0.16 | 0.42 | 1 | 5.4 | February | 36.0 | 11.5 | 23.7 | 0.36 | 0.15 | 0.44 | 1 | 5.4 | March | 46.0 | 19.9 | 33.0 | 0.64 | 0.31 | 0.78 | 1 | 5.2 | April | 59.3 | 30.4 | 44.9 | 1.35 | 0.66 | 1.70 | 3 | 3.3 | May | 71.0 | 41.6 | 56.3 | 2.26 | 1.27 | 2.75 | 4 | 0.4 | June | 80.3 | 50.5 | 65.4 | 2.89 | 1.78 | 3.49 | 6 | 0.0 | July | 87.4 | 55.5 | 71.4 | 2.16 | 1.12 | 2.64 | 4 | 0.0 | August | 87.3 | 53.7 | 70.5 | 1.38 | 0.56 | 1.68 | 3 | 0.0 | September | 75.3 | 42.1 | 58.7 | 1.45 | 0.61 | 1.77 | 3 | 0.3 | October | 61.6 | 31.5 | 46.6 | 1.12 | 0.50 | 1.37 | 2 | 1.3 | November | 42.8 | 18.8 | 30.8 | 0.58 | 0.26 | 0.71 | 2 | 4.7 | December | 32.0 | 7.9 | 20.0 | 0.38 | 0.17 | 0.47 | 1 | 5.5 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Annual | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ | 12.78 | 16.53 | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Average | 59.0 | 30.6 | 44.8 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| Total | ----- | ----- | ----- | 14.91 | ------ | ------ | 31 | 31.6 | ----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------| GROWING SEASON DATES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Temperature ---------------------|----------------------------------------------------- Probability | 24 F or higher | 28 F or higher | 32 F or higher | ---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- | Beginning and Ending Dates | Growing Season Length | 50 percent * | 4/28 to 10/ 3 | 5/ 8 to 9/23 | 5/20 to 9/13 | 159 days | 138 days | 117 days | | | 70 percent * | 4/24 to 10/ 7 | 5/ 3 to 9/27 | 5/16 to 9/17 | 166 days | 147 days | 124 days | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning and Ending dates. total 1948-2002 prcp Station : ND5813, MEDORA ------- Unit = inches yr jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec annl ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 48 M0.97 1.17 0.20 0.43 1.09 0.46 4.32 49 1.29 0.64 0.58 0.13 0.77 1.18 3.03 0.79 0.22 2.11 0.05 0.28 11.07 50 0.56 0.44 0.88 1.46 1.01 2.91 0.54 1.93 2.83 0.88 0.39 0.33 14.16 51 0.51 M0.81 M0.14 0.97 1.35 1.65 1.97 1.29 2.22 0.93 0.24 M0.52 12.60 52M0.23 M0.50 M0.70 0.00 1.24 1.52 3.56 1.55 0.77 0.12 0.43 0.02 10.64 53 0.28 0.17 M1.28 2.48 M3.95 2.75 1.16 2.21 0.80 1.64 0.20 0.32 17.24 54M0.20 0.58 M1.58 0.56 1.44 5.02 1.09 3.81 1.90 0.62 0.09 0.11 17.00 55 0.39 0.51 0.19 2.61 2.01 3.08 1.77 0.26 0.16 0.23 0.98 0.22 12.41 56 0.19 0.09 0.54 0.14 2.40 0.65 3.28 0.84 0.48 0.32 0.45 0.21 9.59 57 0.61 0.22 0.73 2.61 1.55 7.33 1.06 1.49 2.62 1.33 0.87 0.13 20.55 58 0.10 0.79 0.25 0.62 0.65 3.39 2.61 0.43 0.11 0.82 1.62 0.40 11.79 59 0.76 1.21 0.26 0.51 1.65 2.82 0.57 0.61 M3.47 0.89 0.80 0.07 13.62 60 0.35 0.15 0.57 0.17 2.61 7.14 1.77 2.55 0.00 0.04 0.20 M0.63 16.18 61 0.01 0.69 0.58 2.05 1.08 3.12 2.03 0.56 2.87 0.12 0.00 0.06 13.17 62 0.27 0.06 1.06 0.94 4.25 1.58 4.52 1.42 0.77 1.07 0.20 0.16 16.30 63 0.53 0.39 1.61 2.88 2.49 6.30 1.22 1.21 0.41 0.05 0.00 0.06 17.15 64 0.30 0.13 0.09 0.87 2.66 4.44 1.88 3.15 0.55 0.15 1.10 0.62 15.94 65 0.49 M0.32 0.26 1.56 3.57 3.28 2.99 2.18 1.09 0.00 0.39 0.15 16.28 66 0.90 0.39 0.76 0.86 1.68 2.99 2.40 2.05 0.84 0.40 0.62 0.13 14.02 67 0.97 0.66 0.35 3.90 2.34 2.01 0.64 0.15 2.12 0.65 0.13 0.25 14.17 68 0.78 0.27 0.07 1.07 1.25 4.75 3.37 4.39 0.79 0.81 0.03 1.22 18.80 69 0.60 0.40 0.18 1.17 1.77 6.17 2.43 0.62 0.25 0.92 0.00 0.97 15.48 70 0.55 0.05 0.37 3.05 5.47 4.89 2.85 0.00 1.71 0.47 0.99 0.11 20.51 71 1.09 0.46 0.33 2.35 1.02 M8.51 0.48 0.05 4.64 3.02 M0.43 0.58 22.96 72 0.83 0.80 4.65 2.31 1.92 3.03 0.89 1.20 0.05 1.38 17.06 73 0.20 0.73 0.63 2.52 1.23 2.62 0.92 0.64 2.36 0.09 0.63 M0.33 12.90 74 0.10 0.45 0.51 1.20 6.84 0.56 2.08 1.14 0.34 0.87 0.84 0.15 15.08 75 0.06 0.25 M1.49 2.33 2.17 3.99 0.71 0.32 0.83 0.92 0.48 0.86 14.41 76 0.79 0.12 0.21 1.75 1.60 3.15 2.00 0.23 0.29 0.61 0.17 0.26 11.18 77 0.54 0.19 0.81 0.08 2.62 3.61 0.91 2.07 5.46 1.13 0.98 0.77 19.17 78 0.13 0.68 0.23 1.24 5.01 2.89 3.03 1.51 1.71 0.24 1.21 0.37 18.25 79 0.13 0.68 0.25 1.01 M0.90 1.14 2.58 1.01 1.07 0.49 0.48 0.05 9.79 80 0.54 0.29 0.12 0.00 0.27 2.11 0.93 2.83 1.01 2.41 0.45 0.32 11.28 81 0.08 0.01 0.03 1.20 1.79 3.81 1.25 2.55 0.48 0.23 0.54 0.56 12.53 82 0.64 0.25 2.14 1.33 4.09 3.48 1.37 1.69 1.97 4.48 0.16 0.66 22.26 83 0.13 0.05 1.04 0.25 2.10 2.98 2.18 1.83 1.34 0.27 0.69 0.25 13.11 84 0.37 0.09 0.61 1.39 0.10 2.40 0.43 2.44 0.69 0.57 0.11 0.34 9.54 85 0.07 0.01 0.73 1.39 2.41 0.40 2.85 0.93 1.57 1.58 0.57 0.64 13.15 86 0.27 0.54 0.14 2.63 2.64 4.30 2.48 0.08 6.05 0.69 1.17 0.09 21.08 87M0.13 0.25 1.85 0.08 2.60 0.91 7.54 4.08 0.56 0.30 0.18 0.02 18.50 88 0.72 0.58 0.55 0.00 2.26 1.49 1.23 0.16 1.04 0.53 0.29 0.45 9.30 89 0.66 0.30 1.15 2.90 1.82 1.81 0.39 0.87 0.35 1.82 0.56 0.62 13.25 90 0.19 0.07 0.31 1.03 1.52 3.67 2.10 0.15 0.35 1.09 0.16 0.24 10.88 91 0.11 0.31 0.22 2.64 2.12 3.46 0.41 0.33 2.73 0.74 0.10 0.02 13.19 92 0.38 0.05 0.77 2.60 1.31 1.22 1.76 2.37 0.78 0.10 0.76 0.56 12.66 93 0.26 0.41 0.23 2.49 2.24 4.63 6.64 1.43 0.23 0.33 0.53 0.27 19.69 94M0.39 0.34 0.50 0.98 0.95 7.02 0.97 0.12 0.60 2.79 0.22 0.16 15.04 95 0.70 0.18 0.95 0.67 3.07 2.39 3.22 1.51 0.03 M1.35 0.41 0.27 14.75 96M0.52 0.32 M0.85 1.01 2.68 3.84 1.62 1.76 2.26 0.69 M0.92 0.24 16.71 97 0.17 0.44 M0.74 2.56 0.46 1.81 7.02 1.33 0.91 0.53 M0.04 0.02 16.03 98M0.15 1.39 0.51 0.59 2.46 M3.51 1.44 2.00 0.64 3.23 0.85 0.39 17.16 99 0.47 0.52 0.14 1.13 3.19 1.37 0.81 2.51 1.49 0.60 0.25 M0.15 12.63 0 0.02 0.44 0.19 0.36 1.63 1.23 M3.46 0.47 M0.93 M0.69 M3.29 M0.25 12.96 1M0.27 0.09 0.25 M2.00 M0.44 M4.48 M3.42 0.14 1.20 M0.41 12.70 2 ----------